We have been busy. I haven't been on in a while since I've had lots to do at work, but we have had some trials in late January and since. We have gotten four more legs towards RAE2 (have six now). We have also gotten some Qs in CPE agility including the legs needed for the CL1-H title.

We've also been doing lots of training (mostly agility). We have an ambitious schedule over the next six or so weeks.

March 28-31 we will be in Syracuse, NY at the Salt City cluster mostly for agility as well as a couple of rally(RAE) and open B obedience entries.

April 6th, Poodle Obedience Training Club of Greater NY for rally(RAE) and open B in Allentown, NJ.
April 7th, AKC agility on Long Island.

April 13-14, Lenape Tracking Club (NJ) tracking experience days (yes I am adding something else to the mix).

April 20, AKC agility on Long Island.
April 21 traveling to Maryland (Mom and Wolfie coming to keep up company) for Poodle Club of America--agility on Monday and RAE (hoping to title RAE2) and open B on Tuesday the 23rd.

April 26-27, AKC agility on Long Island.

If any of you is near Syracuse or any of the other sites we will be at, PM me and we will see if we can get together.

Lily will then get a well deserved break for a couple of weeks while I finish the spring semester, take Peeves to work on rally novice and then go to the Indianapolis 500.

Wish us luck and easy travels. Hopefully by the time we are finished all of these events we will have some more alphabet soup at the end of everybody's name.

We now have nine of our 10 needed legs for AKC RAE2. I am hoping that Lily will think it is a great idea to finish this title at PCA in two weeks.

We haven't Qd in Open B (haven't had too many entries). We are working out the concept that the exercises don't always come in the A order. Pattern training doesn't work forever with a poodle. Lily had memorized the Open A order. By the time we finished the CDX in December she was getting ready to do the routine on auto-pilot (i.e sending herself over the broad jump). I am not at all surprised that she is pretty baffled about why the exercises keep getting mixed up, but I think she needed this. She has done some really lovely work, just not a complete good routine. We were at a trial yesterday where she did terribly with just about everything until the figure 8 and heeling (last exercise in the order we had). I almost pulled her out before we got to it. I am so glad we stayed in the ring. She did one of the best figure 8s she's ever done and the heeling was in the judge's (a spoo man himself) words "a moment of brilliance."

We had an agility trial today (first time outside this year). I have a bum knee at the moment, so I had my private trainer run with Lily. I think Lily was pretty startled to see that she had to work for her friend. The first run was shaky, but she stayed the course for the second run. Since we arranged for the handler change on the fly last night, I am pleased with how she did.

Good for you and Lily, I envision you completing the title at PCA in style! (Wish I could be there to witness it, but we'll be arriving Tuesday around lunch time.) What a good girl Lily is for making the adjustment to work with the handler at the last minute. Smart, eager poodle! I hope your knee issue calms down, sorry you have to contend with that. Chagall and I plan to be at the Lenape Tracking Club meet this week end to cheer Lily on. Looking forward to it!

I just want to brag about what a WONDERFUL girl Lily is! Chagall and I met Lily and Catherine yesterday while they were attending a nose work event locally. That little spoo girl of hers is off-the-charts adorable, clever, AFFECTIONATE, and, in the nicest way possible, an all out flirt! I had the pleasure of having her to myself, along with Chagall, while Catherine attended the indoor wrap up meeting for the event. I seriously considered putting Lily in my car and driving off with her! Were Catherine not so nice, and their bond so deep and evident and lovely to witness, I might have! I look forward to seeing them both at PCA next week, and every chance after that I can get in the future. Lily is such a winner of a spoo, she's the total package! (And I forgot to bring my camera, drat! I will not fail to next time!)